Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35566/pages/2225. Commander Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, Royal Navy. On 28 March 1942 in the attack on St Nazaire, France, Commander Ryder, commanding the Naval Force, led HMS Campbeltown in under intense fire. When the main objective of the expedition had been accomplished and Campbeltown had been beached, Commander Ryder remained on the spot evacuating men from Campbeltown and conducting operations while exposed to heavy fire, and did not withdraw until it was certain that his ship could be of no more use. His motor gun boat (MGB. 314), full of dead and wounded, survived by a miracle and managed to withdraw through an intense barrage of fire. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35729/supplement/4325. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36794/supplement/5218. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36846/supplement/5807.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35566/pages/2225. Commander Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, Royal Navy. On 28 March 1942 in the attack on St Nazaire, France, Commander Ryder, commanding the Naval Force, led HMS Campbeltown in under intense fire. When the main objective of the expedition had been accomplished and Campbeltown had been beached, Commander Ryder remained on the spot evacuating men from Campbeltown and conducting operations while exposed to heavy fire, and did not withdraw until it was certain that his ship could be of no more use. His motor gun boat (MGB. 314), full of dead and wounded, survived by a miracle and managed to withdraw through an intense barrage of fire. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35729/supplement/4325. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36794/supplement/5218. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36846/supplement/5807.